Dasher for churns.



E. L. WOOD.

DASHBR FOR CHURNS.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.16, 1912.

1,064,040, Patented June 10, 1913.

Inventor Iii/[151117 WZ r I 1 Attorneys EDMUND L. WOOD, OF LINDALE, TEXAS.

DASHER FOR CHURNS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

.latcnted June 10, 1 913.

Application filed December 16, 1912. Serial No. 737,040.

To all 7.0/1 0m '2' 6 may concern.

Be it known that I, EDMUND L. WVoon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lindale, in the county of Smith and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Dasher for Churns, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an in'iproved dasher for churns.

The object is to embody in an improved churn dasher the properties of buoyancy, compactness, simplicity, and other desirable features.

l/Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings accompanying this specification and forming a part thereof, the preferable form of my invention is illustrated, in which Figure 1 is a View in perspective of my improved churn dasher. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross sectional view thereof.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 is the upper plate of the dasher and is preferably formed as a spherical segment of one base, as illustrated in Fig. 2, the object of this being to provide an upper surface to the dasher which will be slightly curved and will allow the milk to readily :tlow therefrom upon the upstroke of the dasher. The plate 1 is therefore circular in outline and is spaced a distance from the circular base plate 2 by means of the vertical cylindrical wall 8. The Walls 3 may be forn'led of a separate bent strip or may be formed integral with the top or base plate and bent or stamped in the form illustrated. The upper and lower plates are provided with a number of registering openings such, as, 4, 5, and 6. Suitably spaced within these openings and lying flush with the outer surfaces thereof are the cylindrical tubes 7 and 8, the upper edge of these tubes being cut so as to conform with the curvature of the top plate and are held in a sealed manner to the upper and lower plates by solder or may be expanded as is the practice in forming the tire tubes in tire tube boilers.

In Fig. 1 there has been illustrated the dasher handle 5) which is adapted to litwithin the central opening or tube 8. The dasher handle 9 is preferably made of wood but the construction and material of the handle does not concern the present invention. The upper and lower side walls and cylindrical tubes are preferably made of metal, such metal being selected as will be light, easy to maintain in a clean condition and will not readily tarnish.

From the foregoing it will be readily ap' parent that my improved dasher due to the cylindrical tubes and general configuration thereof will be an etlicient one in the churnin of milk, and furthermore will combine the desirable feature of posst sing buoyancy, the particular advantage of which is after the downstroke of the dasher has bcencompletcd, it is merely necessary to release the handle and the dasher will imn'iediately return to the surface, this greatly reducing the labor of churning and furthermore eliminating the necessity of pulling the dasher upwardly, it being well known to those familiar with the process of churning and similar processes that the actual work performed during the upstroke is much more tiresome and laborious than a similar amount. of work performed on the downstroke. 13y reason of the spherical contiguration of the upper plate, the milk will readily drain from the said plate and allow for the easy returning of the dasher to the surface, the dasher being made of metal and having no projecting lugs extending therefrom. 'lherefore, it will be readily seen that the entire article may be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. The base plate being a plane surface allows the dasher and upstanding handle therefrom to be adapted to be placed upon a table or similar article and will remain in an upright position. 'lherefore, it wit]. be apparent that l: have combined in my improved dasher the properties of neatncss, simplicity, lightness and buoyancy, with the reduced strain on the wrist resulting therefrom.

llaving thus fully disclosed the construction and operation of my improved churn dasher, what I claim to be new and original with me is 1. A churn d'asher comprising a hollow liquid-tight vessel, with tubes extending therethrough.

2. A churn dasher comprising a hollow cylindrical buoyant vessel with tubes eX- tending therethrough, the upper surface of said vessel slightly spherical.

3. A churn dasher comprising a spherical upper metallic plate provided With openings therein, a flat circular metallic plate, cylindrical side walls extending between said plates, said fiat plate provided with openings registering with the spherical plate, cylindrical tubes extending between and within said openings and defining an air containing vessel, one of said cylindrical tubes being disposed centrally of said plate to provide suitable engaging means for a churn dasher handle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDMUND L. W'OOD Witnesses W. R. EASON, W. S. I-IIoKs.

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